LJMU’s CPMH members have contributed to or curated several exhibitions and are currently involved in exciting new and inter-disciplinary projects, including one centred on the Battle of the Atlantic 80th Anniversary Celebrations.
The Exhibition Research Lab is the first centre devoted to the study of exhibitions. We have ties with Tate Liverpool, the Liverpool Biennial, as well as six major European museums and a network of arts institutions. Find out more about the Lab's collaborations and projects.
Funded by the Paul Mellon Centre, this project unites LJMU History and Liverpool Records Office to create an online archive of 19th-century exhibitions.
Learn more about Liverpool’s role as the ‘second city of empire’, the world fair’s movement, exhibition culture, and Liverpool Mechanics’ Institution in the nineteenth century.
Explore the history of advancing technological knowledge through the exhibiting of mass-produced goods.
Discover the wonders of the past, compare different arguments and find your own version of events. Explore courses within the subject of history.
Every year, researchers from ART LABS publish over 50 publications. Staff create publications within a number of key disciplines, including: contemporary art, 3D digital art, the uses of art and cultural enrichment, exhibitions and curatorship, as well as design discourse and practice.
Explore how our Honorary Fellows play an active role in the life of the University.
Stafford Beer was a scientist, poet, painter, founder of management cybernetics and world leader in operational research. He was appointed Honorary Professor of Organisational Transformation at Liverpool Polytechnic in 1989, and today the Collection bearing his name is among the most prized of LJMU's archives.
Read the full oration for Janet Dugdale on the Award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.